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Local Motion urges retaining house priority for bike/ped projects in TAP funding
Summary
Local Motion testified that Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) funds should retain preferential weighting for bike and pedestrian projects, citing higher predictability for those projects, a reported ~35% cancellation rate for some mitigation projects, and 2025 pedestrian/bicyclist injury and fatality statistics to argue for continued prioritization.
Marcy Gallagher, a Complete Streets specialist at Local Motion, told the Senate Transportation committee that the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) should continue to prioritize bike and pedestrian projects, as the House-passed language does, while still allowing flexibility for other eligible uses.
Gallagher said TAP is the federal government's…
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